Executive Order 12424 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12424—President's Commission on Strategic Forces

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Friday, June 10, 1983

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1 min read (263 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Ronald Reagan on 1983-06-10, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "President's Commission on Strategic Forces." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C.

▪ 12400, as amended, establishing the President's Commission on Strategic Forces, is hereby further amended as follows: Section 1.

▪ In its review, the Commission shall consider carefully the views of the Congress on these issues.

▪ The Commission shall provide appropriate advice to the President, the National Security Council, the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.".

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

263

1,661 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

14.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 12424, Ronald Reagan (Jun 10, 1983). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12424-presidents-commission-strategic-forces.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. I), it is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 12400, as amended, establishing the President's Commission on Strategic Forces, is hereby further amended as follows: Section 1. Section 2(a) of the Order is amended to provide as follows: "(a) The Commission shall review on a periodic basis the progress made in implementing the recommendations contained in the Report of the President's Commission on Strategic Forces, dated April 11, 1983, with particular reference to the deployment of the Peacekeeper Missile; development and deployment of a small, singlewarhead intercontinental ballistic missile system; and developments in strategic arms control. In its review, the Commission shall consider carefully the views of the Congress on these issues. The Commission shall provide appropriate advice to the President, the National Security Council, the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.". Sec. 2. Section 2(b) of the Order, as amended, is further amended to provide as follows: "(b) The Commission shall report to the President, from time to time as he may request and, in any event, no later than December 15, 1983.". Sec. 3. Section 4(b) of the Order, as amended, is further amended to provide as follows: "(b) The Commission shall terminate on January 3, 1984, unless sooner extended.". RONALD REAGAN The White House, June 10, 1983. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:12 a.m., June 13, 1983]